The original sponsors of this legislation. Mr. WEISS. Mr. PAYNE. and Mr. BURTON. address these concerns in House Concurrent Resolution 176. House Concurrent Resolution 176 is a bipartisan initiative which cites the abuses currently being leveled by the Republic of Mauritania. These abuses include the alleged practice of torture. summary execution. and forced deportation. The ethnic group most victimized are the black Mauritanians who continue to suffer from their Governments policy of socalled Arabization. Though the Government formally outlawed the practice of slavery in 1980. these laws have not been enforced and slavery continues to be a way of life for many black Mauritanians.
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